Are you drawn to kids?

yepperz, shamefully that comes later 's they grow :(

@vandana7 - Yes, I fully agree with you that there should be strictest of law to impose a severe penalty on children who do not look after their parents, despite having sound financial resources. It is really shameful on their part.

If I were Prime Minister Modi, I would impose higher taxes on children who don't look after their parents. Considerably higher so that children get terrified and find looking after parents is cheaper than throwing them on streets or pushing them in some old age homes. Old age homes and orphanages are essentially for those who do not have anybody of their own, not for those who have kids or parents. My thought for myLot's penny.

@vandana7 I think it is a great idea! You would collect a decent amount too!

The baby is after you because you probably pay more attention to her and shower your love to her more than her mother/parents. You have made very interesting point that once they grow older, they can make out the difference between their own relations and neighbors. You are probably hoping against hope that the kid should not change, sadly it will not happen.

It is perhaps too much to expect. But enjoy it while it lasts and cherish the memories.

@vandana7 No need for deaddiction here! You don't have to stop. When they grow up, there will always be others craving for your attention. You seem to be so good with them!

@Shyamalaa I would say I prefer kids to adults because we have the same mindset. But I'm only drawn to them in the sense that they have to go away after awhile. Anything longer than an hour and they go in the closet lol

@spleendingo1 there seems to be a consensus amongst men on this!

The question is whether you are drawn to kids, not the other way around!

@Shyamalaa oh some may be a bit salty, but they come 'round purty quickly i've found. i adore the elderly, e'en the cranky ones. i like to travel back in time through their eyes.

It is probably because it is not as easy to please the elderly. I can't think of any other reason

@crazyhorseladycx I too like the company of the elderly. They have such interesting experiences to share! But some can be a little difficult at times.

@SHARINGPARTHA ..I can keep them 24/7, 365 days, except that parents would get scared if I do that. You see, there is liberty fraternity and equality here. I join them in their games. So if my neighbor's kid wants to mix some flour for making roti (flat bread) he gets some flour and water, I get some on another. We both do it. Here I ape him. Then he teaches me how much salt needs to be added in that flour, and he does not believe in less salty food, so it will be about 2 to 3 teaspoons full in a plate with two tablespoons full of flour. By the end of the session which lasts for almost an hour his clothes are a masterpiece, and I am not sure I look any good either. But both of us would have had a great time. The next thing that starts is washing hands. He loves pressing that Dettol bottle and forces me to do that as well. Hands have to be washed at least 8 to 10 times! Because he loves to play with water, and so that is another 10 minutes gone. Next he asks me to bring a bucket of water, and I obey. Then he pulls out some papers (luckily old one, and he throws them all in and starts twirling them around, laughing all the way. You just can't say no. That lasts for another 10 minutes. Then he sits on my computer chair, and takes the keyboard on his lap, and asks me for Aamir Khan's Bum Bum Bole (Taarein Zameen Par), or Lakdi ki kaathi (Masoom), or Chanda Chamke (Fanaa), or Idea cellular Toko toko song. Somewhere in between are new rhymes. He asks for spellings and he presses them. Believe me, he can identify where all those letters are on keyboard. He is just three and a half years old. His little sister dances her way when songs and rhymes are around. She gets to sit on that chair only when her brother decides it is time to wipe my dressing table clean. So he asks for a waste cloth, and it is supplied, again he wets it, and climbs the dressing table. His little sister in the meanwhile is sitting on the chair, and doing aaaa. The scene is awesome. This is what happened yesterday. Believe me we always have new games, and I learn so many ways to be happy with these doctors of happiness.

@Shyamalaa Even I couldn't handle my own daughter (when she was very small ) for more than one hour.

I understand that! My husband is like that. Gets very nervous if left alone with kids!

Babies as long as they are fed and have a clean diaper on they are always happy.

@Marcyaz simple needs!

@Shyamalaa Isn't that the truth.

Yes, me too! I love kids, particularly if they belong to someone else, so you don't have their responsibility. I have had my share, and enough, I think!